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Kerberos can prevent which one of the following attacks?

The correct answer is B. playback (replay) attack. Each ticket in Kerberos has a timestamp and are subject to time expiration to help prevent these types of attacks. The following answers are incorrect: tunneling attack. This is incorrect because a tunneling attack is an attempt to bypass security and access low-level systems…

Submitted by yousef_jo· Apr 18, 2026Network and Communications Security

Question

Kerberos can prevent which one of the following attacks?

Options

  • Atunneling attack.
  • Bplayback (replay) attack.
  • Cdestructive attack.
  • Dprocess attack.

How the community answered

(34 responses)
  • A
    6% (2)
  • B
    88% (30)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    3% (1)

Explanation

Each ticket in Kerberos has a timestamp and are subject to time expiration to help prevent these types of attacks. The following answers are incorrect: tunneling attack. This is incorrect because a tunneling attack is an attempt to bypass security and access low-level systems. Kerberos cannot totally prevent these types of attacks. destructive attack. This is incorrect because depending on the type of destructive attack, Kerberos cannot prevent someone from physically destroying a server. process attack. This is incorrect because with Kerberos cannot prevent an authorzied individuals from running processes.

Topics

#Kerberos#Authentication Protocols#Replay Attack#Network Security

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